Over the last 10 days, Democrat John Kitzhaber has picked up another $180,000 in union donations. He still remains well behind Republican Chris Dudley in overall fundraising, but it's clear the unions are still behind him in the race for Oregon governor.

The latest union donations include $60,000 from the Oregon Nurses Political Action Committee, $25,000 from the American Federation of Teachers and $79,888 in in-kind help from the Oregon AFL-CIO (which reported spending this money on broadcast advertising). He also received $10,000 from the carpenters union and $5,000 from the asbestos workers union.